The only way I can access all my strength is to relax. ... The paradox is that you must learn to be relaxed while using all your power.

Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich.

To whom one reports is a unit of measure. It measures the exact distance between the player and the center of power. It is the closest we can get to a calibrated answer to the question 'How big am I?' More than the size of an executive's office or even his title, which no one remembers anyway, the fewer people between the player and a 'yes,' the more powerful he is.

Everything can be undone, including success.

Directing is the last frontier for women in the movie business. We are studio heads, we are producers and we are writers, but we are not directors in any numbers.

My goal has been to learn how to get movies made without losing sight of the reasons I began. I have had to learn to recognize the insidious nature of the beast without becoming one.

No single movie or event makes or breaks your career. Everything can be undone, including success.